Drawer for spool-thread cases



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DRAWER POR SPOOL THREAD GASES.

Patented'lviar. 27,1888.

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-FRANK BOWLES, OF DETROIT,IMIGHIGAN.

DRAWER FOR sPooLQTHREAD CASES.

SPECIFICATION formingA part of Letters Patent No. 380,174-I dated March 27, 1888. Application filed December 2, 1887. Serial No. 256,773. (No model.)

spools can be placed and retained against accidental displacement, butfrom which they,

can readily Abe removed; also, to enable the drawer to be easily cleaned or dusted out, and to prevent the accumulation of dirt in the bottom.

To this end the invention consists in the peculiar construction, arrangement, and combination ofthe parts, all as more fully hereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my` improved drawer. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan ofthe same. Fig. 3 is avertical cross-section. Fig. llis an enlarged section in detail. Fig. 5 is an end elevation of one of the rods.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, A represents a drawer, a series of which 'are designed to be received in a suitable cabinet or casingand the front ends of which shouldbe providedl with a glass through which the colors ofthe first row of spools will be displayed.Y vThe bottoms of these drawers are formedof a se-A ries of round rods, B, properly secured in the sides of the drawers by means of a tenon, a,

4d which fits into grooves b in such a manner that Lhisinvention relates to certain new and the said rods may be moved in said slots to receive the different-sized. spools.v

-C represents a series of spring-wire loops which project upwardly from the rods B, the

front row preferably being vertical, while the `remaining rows incline slightly to the rear.

The ends of the wires which form these loops pass through a hole in the rod, are thenl bent at right angles in the longitudinal direction of the rods, and preferably rest within a groove, c, cut in said rods, where they are secured by the staples d. v v

In practice the spools are slipped over the loops, which are slightly larger than the hole through the spools, and hence the loops are compressed within the spools and hold them against accidental displacement, even if the drawer should be turned upside down.. Thus it will .be seen that bythis construction the spools are retained upon their respective loops. The bottom is so constructed that no dust or n dirt can accumulate thereon.

What I claim as my invention isv 1. NThe combination, with the drawer, of the rods B, forming the bottom of said drawer, and a seriesof spring-loops projecting upwardl from said rods, substantially as described.

' 2. In combination with the` drawer A, rods B, forming the bottom of said drawer and-bey ing movably secured therein, and a seriessof 7o spring-loops,0, projecting upwardy either vertically or inc1ined,from said rods,subst antially v as and for the purpose described. V

Intestimony whereof I aix my signature, in L i presence `of two witnesses, this 29th day of Oc- 75 tober, 1887. A Y

FRANK I. BOWLES.

Witnesses:

H. S. SPRAGUE, I. M. HULBERT. 

